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Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:15:56 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: FREE GAMES: "Empyrion" and "Outliver" Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:15:44 -0400 Message-ID: <lprfgjpm7k11sm0q1nu661v79uopt83t0l@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 46 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-fBEURIIC39B3g0T8aUyLa3IWxUW2RpVhwUS+1Oc3O7G9e1wfclOgtDx6Ltcq+TduwX5UzgwBBS9p3gU!Jt4RYNW23GleJV1bh9RwXPQNSggXb0+YjGs8egJv2k/U7isM1+iz1FuY6Tyz6S0arhjaGsIw X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3193 And we're back. Miss me? Probably not. Miss the free games? Of course; who doesn't like a freebie? Well, worry not; there are a couple of new freebies on Epic today. Let's see what's on tap. * Empyrion: Galactic Survival https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/empyrion-galactic-survival-fbd99f Sometimes you _can_ judge a book by its cover (or a game by its title). If you saw the name of the game and said, "that sounds like a completely average survival/ sandbox/crafting game except set in a sci-fi setting", then -ding ding ding- you win the kewpie doll. Wander around in space, collecting resources, and building up your base. It's an okay game, but except for the setting (which isn't really original either) it's got nothing any of the hundreds of similar games have. If you enjoyed "The Raft" or "Space Engineers" or "No Man's Sky" or the like, well, here's another one just like it. But if you want something novel, well, maybe look elsewhere. * Outliver: Tribulation https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/outliver-tribulations-679884 Sometimes you _can_ judge a book by its cover (or a game by its title). If you saw the name of the game and said, "that sounds like a completely average survival horror game" then... wait, you already have a kewpie doll? How'd that happen? Anyway, it's a decent enough title; it's most notable gimmick is that its horrors are vaguely based upon African mythology. Beyond that, it's pretty Resident Evil, with maybe a touch of Souls-like gameplay (albeit more focused on ranged than melee combat). Still, very run-of-the-mill. But if you want some spookiness in your October, this isn't a bad game to creep around in the dark with. So, there we go; two solid B-tier games. Not great, not must-haves, but if you like their respective genres, you'll probably be satisfied with either or both. You've the usual week to claim the games on Epic, after which they're no longer free. So don't dally. I'll see you with the next announcement in a week. Try not to miss me too much ;-)